2D – KAMBHOJI: Place the letters jok, i.e the word joke without the letter “e”, which is also short for East as in a compass bearing(joke without bearing) next to (by) Bhima and scramble (about) to get kAmbhOji, a raga.

3A – PADA VARNAM: The answer stands for a type of composition that is usually the main feature of a Bharatanatyam dance performance (The main feature of the dance). A varnam in carnatic music is also a composition that serves as a lesson about the raga in which it is set. The answer can be obtained by scrambling (broke) the words pandava army without “y”, the lead letter of Yudishtira – Yudishtira’s lead.

4D – RITIGAULA: The answer is a highly valued raga that belongs to the kharaharapriya (22nd) mela i.e. a high quality 22-carat derivative. It can be obtained by unscrambling (turned out) taking the letters AG (silver’s chemical symbol), U (you), I and trail.

5A – ALATHUR: The answer stands for the Alathur Brothers (indirectly referred to in the clue as brethren) and can be found in (found … in) the clue itself: carnival at Huron.

6D – TANAM: The answer of course is something that in the middle of a RTP i.e ragam tanam pallavi. It can be obtained by taking the words “tan” (why you go sunbathing – i.e. to get a tan) and placing it before “am” (i.e. morning).

7A – HUSENI: The answer is a raga and can the words The rich use nice dance-dramas contain (featuring) the answer. The raga itself is popular in dance as it is used to portray the srngara (romance) rasa – and thus the play on the word dance-dramas.

8D – GHANTA: The answer is a raga that is fairly rare nowadays (a rare commodity of late) and can be obtained by placing the letter T (tea) inside the word Ghana (African country).

Note: technically the clue should have be phrased as Tea in a African country – as this African country makes it sound as if the answer is an African country.

9D – KALYANI: The answer is a raga, considered a heavy and a heavyweight raga in Carnatic Music and can be obtained by unscrambling (turned out) the words a, lanky and I (one).

10A – SYAMA SASTRY: The answer stands for the composer (him), and can be obtained from by unscrambling (incorrectly) try, say and Assam.

11D – HANUMA: The answer stands for the prefix for tODi meLa i.e. hanumatoDi is the full name for the #8 mela is hanumatoDi, where hanuma stands for 8 ( actually 80 => 08 => 8) as per the kaTapayAdi scheme used for the melakarta numbering. Of course hanuma also stands for Lord Hanuman/Anjaneya who is the prime devotee of Lord Rama.

12A – CHEMBAI: The answer stands for Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar (maestro), and can be obtained y rearranging (arrangement) the letter/words: I (One), Bach and (with) me.

13A – VASANTA: The answer is a raga (something that is delivered) , and can be obtained by (with an implied reference to unscramble) the words a savant.

14A – DHARMAVATI: The answer is a raga, whose name can be obtained by combining Dharma (a name for Yudishtra the eldest of the five Pandavas – first among five), and vati (the beginning of word vatican).

15A – HINDOLAM: The answer is a raga, whose name can be obtained by combining hind (rear), Ola (a mexican/spanish greeting for hi), and M (stands for thousand in Roman numeral).